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Example for create USB bootable for pfSense using device /dev/disk3
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Make a USB bootable for pfSense on OSX
# diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *121.3 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 121.0 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Boot OS X 134.2 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 999.3 GB disk1s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk1s3
/dev/disk2 (internal, virtual):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD +1.1 TB disk2
Logical Volume on disk0s2, disk1s2
808171D1-4E56-424A-963F-1E2CAE37F355
Unencrypted Fusion Drive
/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *7.8 GB disk3
1: Linux 7.8 GB disk3s1
# diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3
# sudo dd if=/Users/Gerardo/Downloads/pfSense-CE-memstick-2.3-RELEASE-amd64.img of=/dev/disk3
1339600+0 records in
1339600+0 records out
685875200 bytes transferred in 754.134009 secs (909487 bytes/sec)
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